Technical progress and labour demand in Swedish manufacturing firms

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-167

  Yun, Lihong ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic augmented labour demand; GMM SYS; R D; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549087370     PISSN: 15661679     EISSN: 15737012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10842-007-0009-7     Document Type: Article

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